After an ignominious end to the season, Portland Trail Blazers’ star point guard Damian Lillard is already generating interest around the league. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, that includes the New York Knicks. Lillard has a connection with the Knicks through assistant Johnnie Bryant, who grew up in Oakland.
The key to the Knicks’ potential Lillard bid is their assistant coach, Johnnie Bryant, who is close to the star point guard and is one of his mentors from Oakland. Bryant is a former Jazz assistant who joined Thibodeau’s staff in 2020.